Automobile lamp and license-panel holder.



A. WINDEN. AUTOMOBILE LAMP AND LICENSE PANEL HOLDER. AIPLIUATION FILED DEO.1, 1913.

1,1 12,958. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Attorneys E NORRIS PETERS COA PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D4 C.

Madelia,

specification.

mination of the panel To all whom it may] concern."

iently and effectively illuminated by 15 provide a holder of which shall embody unique means fOPSHP- ordinary efficient in ANDREW winnnator MADELIA, MINNESOTA.

AUroivioBILE LAMP aim LICENSE-PANEL HOLDER.

Be it known that I, ANnnnw-lVINnnN, a citizen of the United States,

in the. county of IVVatonwan and State of Minnesota, have invented. a new and useful Automobile Lamp andLicense- Panel Holder, ofwhichthe following is a The present inventionsappertains to a holder for an automobile .tail lamp and license panel, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character, thejlicense panel or. tagfmay beconveir the tail lamp.

It is the object of the present invention to the nature indicated,

porting the rear lantern or lamp of an automobile, as well as the license panel or tag, whereby the lampand panel may be held in cooperative relation darkness. a It is also the object of the present invention to provide a device of the character specified,

lamp brackets orirons of automobiles or motor vehicles, which shall be so constructed as to hold a lamp and license panel for various adjustments relative to each other in orderthat the most effective illuminationof the panel is attainable. 1 a a The invention also has for an object, to provide novel means for illuminating the license panel or tag by the, light reflected from the tail lamp or lantern.

It is also withinthe spirit of the present invention, to class indicated, which its use.

tlon, as well as convenient, practical and With the foregoingandfiother:objects in View, which will appearasthe description proceeds, the inventionresides in the com bination andarrangement oflparts and in i the detalls of construction hereinafter described. and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseJembOdiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made the scope of. what is claimed with out departing fr'omthespiritjof the invent within ion. a r r The invention has been illustrated in its Specification of Letters area.

residing at whereby lightsof automobiles. a

ries a set screw or clamping.inember8 for maintaining the bracket 1 in position when lamp bracket or iron.

for the illuduring the night or itlbeing understood that any the flat portion provide an appliance of the shall be compara tively simple, and inexpensive in construedrawing, wherein :I

In carrying out the present invention,

there is provided a bracket 1, having a combined slot and bore over the flat and circular standards of various lamp brackets orirons, commonly employed for supporting the tail lanterns or applied to the usual of a motor vehicle, itlbeing observed that the present, bracket 1 supplemental bracket.

; The bracket 1 i a rearwardly off set standard j4c,.to which the usual lantern or lamp 5 form of lantern or lamp may be employed, such as an oil lantern, an electric lamp, or their equiva At its other side,

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The supporting element for the panel or vided with a slotor elongated opening 9.

The bracket 1 car is attachable;

the bracket. 1 is 1 provided with an upwardly and rearwardly pro ecting arm 6, terminating in a flat porwhich is pro preferred embodiment in the accompanying anel casin and a 2, which is engageable 1,

is in the form of a a provided at one side with: i

The intermediate oryoke portion of the supporting element or carrier; .8 rests against bolt 10 being passed through the. and the slot 9 to clamp the supporting mem her 8 at various vertical positions within the. limits of the or yoke portion of the supporting member 8, is preferably toothed or roughened, to assist in the proper support of the said 1116111 her, when the clamping boltlO is tightened The supporting member S is held in such a position that its arms project horizontally away fromthe lamp standard 1;

4 of the arm (3, a clamping portion 7 slot 9. The intermediate The license panel or tag casing llghas its inturned flanges 12 along their front edges,

. front side and one end open, the top and bottom of the casing 11 beingprovidecl with 1 110. p

is attached by means of screws or other 7 ing the supporting member suitable opaque material,

.or loops 1'? to clamp desirable or essential.

light casing 11, whereby the intensity of the securing members 14. The license panel or 1 tag 13, as Well as the casing 11, are preferably constructed of sheet metal or other the license vnumber being out or punched out of the panel 13, to permit of the passage of light rays herethrough. It is apparent that various license panels may be applied to the casing 11, as may be necessary or desirable.

The casing 11 is supported from the memher 8, by means of a pair of U-shaped brackets 15, which have their intermediate or yoke port-ions secured to the rear side of the casing 11, by means of bolts or other securing members 16, the arms of the brackets 15 j rojecting rearwardly and having the terminal eyes or loops 1'? slidably engaging the respective arms of the supporting member 8, whereby the casing 11 may be adjusted horizontally to and from the lamp 5, the open end of the'casing 11 being disposed adjacent the lamp. Set screws 18 are preferably carried by the eyes the brackets 15 in various adjusted positions.

In order to effectively direct or focus the light rays into the casing 11, a frusto-pyramidal reflectorl9 is attached to the open end of the casing ll, the smallest end of the reflector 19 having the continuous flange 20 inserted into the open end of the casing 11, and maintained therein by screws or other securing members 20.

A cotter pin or other stop 21 ispreferably attached to the extremity of one arm of the supporting member 8, to ordinarily prevent the accidental detachment of the light casing 11 from the supportingmember. The arms of the supporting member 8 may also be provided with slots for the reception of screws 18, to permit of ready longitudinal adjustment of the casing 11, as may be In use, the several parts of the present device may be readily assembled and applied to the ordinary lamp bracket or iron of a motor vehicle, so that When the lamp or lantern 5 is attached to the standard a; the light rays will enter the casing 11, to render the license number visible from the rear. The reflector 19 is of advantage inasmuch as it focuses or reflects the light into the illumination will be increased appreciably. The lightcasing ll may not only be adjusted longitudinally "to and from the lamp, but may be adjusted vertically by adjustporting member,

8 relative to the 1 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents Washington, 0.

arm 6, so that the most advantageous illuminatlon of the license panel or tag, may be accomplished.

In view of the foregoing takenin conis claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, a bracket having a lamp standard and arm, a U-shaped supporting member, a clamping member carried by the said arm, the yoke portion of the supporting member having a slot receiving the said clamping member, and a license panel adjustable upoirthe arms of the supporting member.

Z. In a device of the character described, a bracket having a lamp standard, a U- shaped supporting member having its yoke portion adjustably'connected to the bracket, e -shaped brackets having their terminals slidably engaging the arms of the said supand a license panel carried by the yoke portions of the saidU-shaped brackets.

In a device of the character described, a bracket having a lamp standard, a supporting member attached to the bracket and projecting away from the said standard, a casing having one side attached to thesupporting member, the other side and that end of the casing adjoining the said standard, being open, license panel attached to the casing over the last mentioned side, and'a light reflector having a flange secured Within the open end of the casing.

4.. ln a device of the character described,

a bracket having a lamp standard, a U-- shaped supporting member having its yoke portion adjustably connected to the bracket, brackets slidably engaging the arms of the supporting member, a casing attached to the last mentioned brackets, that end of the casing adjacent the standard being open, a license panel carried by the casing, and adapted to be illuminated by light entering the open end of the casing and a light reflector carried by the open end of the casing.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in thepresence of two Witnesses.

V ArNDREl/V -WINDEN. lVitnesses: v

H. CL Gunnnnsons, M. Dossnn each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents," 

